The Board granted an increased evaluation to 10 percent for the veteran's residuals of fractured jaw surgery with loss of sensation, effective from December 20, 2001. The claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joints was also granted as secondary to the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The July 2002 VA examination report indicated that the veteran had an inter-incisal range of 30 degrees without pain and 45 degrees with pain, which supported a finding of osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joints as secondary to his service-connected residuals of fractured jaw surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of fractured jaw surgery with loss of sensation, Osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joints
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0604303
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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